Penholder



June 3, 1930 r l. C. BRADLEY PENHOLDER Filed Oct. 7, 1929 v Wu Patented June 3,

II Application filed October 7, 1929. Serial No; 398,041.

into said recess, and the head 11 cit said nail or 'pln serves as a stop to limit the outward movement of the nib holding and ejecting member. I V The pin 10 extends through the yoke portion 5 of said member, and the aperture 12 in said yoke portion square ornon-circular to: correspond with the similar cro'ss'esection of the pin, thereby preventing the nib holding and ejecting member from rotating in the recess 2. Said member will therefore remain in the same angular position with reference to the handle.

The present invention relates to penholders,'and aims to provide a novel and improved penholder of simple and inexpensive manufacture from which the pen point s -or nib may be conveniently and quickly ejected.

With the fore oing and other objects in view, which will Toe apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the 10 construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood thatchanges can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention. The: invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure. 1 is a longitudinal section of the handle or stem showing the nib holding and ejecting member and other parts in side elevation. I

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the penholder showing thev nib being'ejected.

' Figs. 3 and 4: are cross-sections on the respective lines 38 and 4-4: of Fig.1.

The penholder comprises'a handle or stem 1 usually turned from wood, and having the recess 2'in its lower or outer end. I

I Disposed within said recess is the nib holding andejeoting member, which is composed of a strip ofsuitable metal bent into substan-.

tial l J -shape and havingthe opposite arms 3 and 4 at the opposite sides of the recess, and the yokeportion 5 connecting the inner ends of said arms. y

The nib Orpen point 6 is inserted between the arm'3 andgthe wall of the recess, and is I held by'friction. The arm 3 has an aperture 7 and an outstruck abutment or stop 8 at the inner edge of said aperture against which the inner end of the nib abuts, thereby limiting the insertion of the nib into the holder.

' The arm4 is provided at its outer terminal witha finger piece 9 extending at an angle away from the niband adapted for the engagement of the thumb or finger for sliding the .nib holding and ejecting member outwardly', as seen in Fig. 2, for ejecting the nib from theholder) 'A nail or pinlOis driven into the handle '1 from the bottom ofthe recess, and extends The present construction isboth inexpen slve and simple in manufacture, and the pen point or nib is conveniently inserted. When the n1b or pen point is to be changed it is readily ejected by pushing outwardly on the finger piece 9, thereby releasing the nib, and

by returning the nib holding and ejecting member a new nib is quickly inserted.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A. penholder comprising'a handle having a recess, and a nib holding and ejecting member slidable in the'recess and having a I yoke portion and opposite arms extending outwardly therefrom, one arm having an outstruck nib abutment, and the other arm hav'-" ing a finger piece at its extremity, and means engaging with the handleand slidably with the yoke portion for guiding the member in its sliding movement in said'recess." i 2. A penholder comprising a handle having a recess, a nib holding and ejecting-member slidable in'said recess, and a pin entering the handle and projecting'intosaid recess and having a stop to limit the outward movement of said'member. I I 3. A penholder comprising a handle hav-.

ing a recess, anib'holding and ejecting member slidable in said recess, and a pin entering I said handle and projecting into said recess and having a stop to limit the outward movement of saidmember, said member having a non-circular aperture receiving said pin and the pin being of similar cross-section to prevent the rotation of said member in the recess;

L A penholder comprising a handle having a recess, anib holding and ejecting member slidable in said recess having a yoke portion and opposite arms extending outwardly from said yoke portion, and a pin entering the handle ,and extending into the recess through said yoke portion, said pin havinga head to limit the outward movement of :said 7 member. g Y Y a A penholder comprisinga handle having a recess, a nib holding and ejecting mem- 10 berbent from a strip of metal and having a yoke portion and armsextending outwardly therefrom-and slidable along opposite sides a of saidrecess, one arm having an outstruck v nib abutment, the other arm having a finger.

piece'at its extremity, and a pin entering said handle andprojecting into said recess and having a head to limit the outward movement of said member, said yoke portion having an U aperture of non-circular outline through v I 2 which the pin extends and the pin being of corresponding cross-section to. prevent said member from turn ng in sand recess. 7' j In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature v V KIRWIN Q BRADLEY. 

